T-Coast Beaches Named For Diverse Group

Readers: We’ll spend the next two weeks on the names behind some well-known “T-Coast” beaches.
Capt. Francis Alexander Adams (Park, Stuart): The Spanish-American War veteran was a tireless patriot and downtown Stuart personality. The park at Confusion Corner was named for him May 10, 1974, his 100th birthday.
Robert Lee ‘Sam’ Chastain (Beach, Hutchinson Island): The family ranched in western Martin County and northwest Palm Beach County. Sam Chastain died in 1964, creating a foundation in his will that has been a large contributor to Indian River Community College, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and Norton Museum of Art. Son Thomas M. Chastain bought and donated the beach property in 1973.
C. Scott Fletcher (Fletcher Beach Park, Stuart): The Australian-born education professional spent more than three decades trying to protect beaches from development. He helped start Save Our Beaches. The former Peters beach strip, just south of Stuart beach, was named for him in March 1975. Fletcher
died in 1991.
Harvey Glascock (Beach, Jensen Beach): The owner of WSTU-AM, donated $25,000 for the beach access. He died at 56 in 1977.
Bob Graham (Beach, Jensen Beach): the site, bought by the state in 1983, honored the governor’s “Save Our Coast” program. It was turned over to Martin County in 1989.
Dr. Walter Raymond Stokes (Stokes Beach, Hutchinson Island): An Olympic gold medalist in shooting and a doctor and birth control crusader, he moved to Martin County in the 1960s and helped found the Environmental Studies Center. He died at 98 in 1996.
Didn’t we forget Pepper Park? Nope. Next week.

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